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I WATCH CHAIN ATTACHMENT. N0. 294,733. Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

M. HEBRING, OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO OSCAR Ml DRAPER, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-CHAIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of "Letters Patent No. 294,733, dated March 4, 1884.

Application filed December 17, 1883. No model.) I

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. HERRING, of North Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a 'new and useful Improvement in Watch-Chain provided with a groove, a sleeve for surrounding said groove, and a ring arranged to pass through two holes formed in the sleeve and resting in the groove.

derstood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved chain. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, the sleeve being shown in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bar and its sleeve, showing the apertures in the latter. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of the bar and sleeve, showing the construction of the latter, and the relative position of the chain-ring.

In the said drawings, A designates the chainbar, which is formed at its center with a circumferential. groove, a.

' and 4.)

In order that my invention may be fully un- (Shown in Figs. 2'

an aperture, -b, and when the strip which forms the sleeve B is bent into circular shape the apertures b assume the relative positions shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

C designates the chain, the upper link or ring, 0, of which is passed through the apertures b, and the periphery of which rests in the groove a.

It will be seen from the above description that the connection between the end of the chain and the bar is made without any soldering. The sleeve B may be of any preferred outline, and may be ornamented in any de sired manner without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The manner of uniting the parts above described isevident from the description, and it will be seen that the link 0 prevents, by en: gaging the groove a, any lateral displacement of the'sleeve B, and allows the bar to freely turn in the connection.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, wit-h a cross-bar having .a circumferential groove, of a sleeve, and a link or ring secured to said sleeve and engaging with said groove, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the bar A, having the groove a, of the sleeve B, having the apertures b b, and the link or ring 0, passing through said apertures and entering at its periphery the said groove, substantially as and for the purposes described.

HENRY M. HERRING. Witnesses:

F. I. BORDEN, W. E. BORDEN. 

